The developmental pattern of resistance to peer influence in adolescence: Will the teenager ever be able to resist?

Journal of Adolescence

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1009-1021

  Sumter, Sindy R ^a   Bokhorst, Caroline L ^a   Steinberg, Laurence ^b   Westenberg, P Michiel ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Age differences; Gender differences; Peer influence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BOY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GIRL; HUMAN; MALE; MATURATION; PEER GROUP; RELIABILITY; SAMPLE SIZE; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PEER GROUP; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 67649439064     PISSN: 01401971     EISSN: 10959254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2008.08.010     Document Type: Article

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